Date: 13 Sep 2003 10:21:50 -0000 From: "clemens fischer" <ino-qc@spotteswoode.de.eu.org> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: ports/56744: ports/x11/aterm Makefile breaks DELETE and BACKSPACE Message-ID: <20030913102150.4542.qmail@nosuch.host.here> Resent-Message-ID: <200309131030.h8DAUFIW093864@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 56744 >Category: ports >Synopsis: ports/x11/aterm Makefile breaks DELETE and BACKSPACE >Confidential: no >Severity: serious >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-ports-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Sat Sep 13 03:30:14 PDT 2003 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: ino-qc@spotteswoode.de.eu.org >Release: FreeBSD 4.9-PRERELEASE i386 >Organization: clemens fischer >Environment: System: FreeBSD spotteswoode.dnsalias.org 4.9-PRERELEASE FreeBSD 4.9-PRERELEASE #4: Sat Sep 6 12:49:37 CEST 2003 root@private.spanker:/www/freebsd/obj/www/freebsd/RELENG_4/src/sys/n1 i386 >Description: if ports/x11/aterm is built with an unchanged ports Makefile, the DELETE and BACKSPACE keys won't work. a simple change will fix this. >How-To-Repeat: try building aterm using "make install" and check the BACKSPACE and DELETE keys functions in ncurses programs, eg. elinks(1), w3m(1) etc. >Fix: this is my original email to the maintainer: --8<---cut here:--start--->8-- To: jim mock <jim@freebsd.org> From: clemens fischer <ino-qc@spotteswoode.de.eu.org> Date: Fri, 01 Aug 2003 21:31:44 +0200 Message-ID: <r84541jz.fsf@ID-23066.news.dfncis.de> hi. i have been searching and trying and scratching my head for months now until it became clear why elinks, w3m and generally ncurses programs using the DELETE key did not work right. as xterm(1) differences had never been a problem for me, i did not think of simply trying it. so now i changed my local copy of the ports Makefile to read: ,---- | #CONFIGURE_ARGS+= \ | # --enable-transparency --enable-background-image \ | # --disable-delete-key --disable-backspace-key \ | # --enable-fading --enable-utmp --enable-wtmp | CONFIGURE_ARGS+= \ | --enable-transparency --enable-background-image \ | --enable-fading --enable-utmp --enable-wtmp `---- (everything else unchanged) and now the programs get their "\e[3~" instead of the "^?" from the ports version. i would like to know the reason for these "--disable-delete-key --disable-backspace-key" options. if you aren't aterm(1)s maintainer, please tell me who is and forward this email. --8<---cut here:---end---->8-- i haven't received an answer, and the Makefile has not been changed. this means that i have to copy my local Makefile over the ports version each time a re-install is needed. regards clemens >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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